Journey to the West

Journey to the West has been a major influence in Chinese culture. Many scholarly interpretations have either criticized or praised the legendary work by Wu Cheng’en, a renowned novelist and poet of Ming Dynasty. The two main contrasting themes of Journey to the West were interpreted as satirical and allegorical. Especially through the events in chapter twenty-nine, where the debate is at its climax: the interpretation of empty scrolls and the behaviour of the two monks as indicator between satire

The book,the Journey to the West first emphasizes how they work together to resist the master.They have four people. Tangseng who is the leader of them and has mission to get the holy scriptures,Song Wukong is the smartest person and good at fighting, Zhu Bajie is supposed be the immortal forever, but he made some mistake ,and he needs make those up, and Sha Wujing, who is the same as Zhu Bajie.They all trust each other,and they have Owen duty.Tang Seng is son of Buddha, so the others protect him

the early days of Jesus, what he did before he met John the Baptist, got baptized, and started his new life. Many people believe he went for a long walk, a journey to the East, like the one described by Hermann Hesse in the novel with that title, A Journey To The East, which goes to the same place as the Chinese story called Journey To The West. Some says Jesus went to India and some say he went to Tibet. Joshua said he remembered the Himalayas, in a past life, but he came from Tibet in this life

The book journey to the west was written during the Ming dynasty by Wu Cheng’en. The Ming dynasty was from 1368- 1644. Although the book was written during the Ming dynasty it takes place during the Tang dynasty, which is from 618 to 907. Journey to the west is about a monk named Tripitaka who journey to India to look for the Buddhist scriptures. book has one hundred chapters that are broken up into four parts. When I read the first part of the reading we were supposed to do I found it uninteresting

The Journey to the West is a very well-known Chinese novel to people outside of the Confucian culture – it has an immediate appeal that transcends cultural differences. The Confucian principles, jen and li, are found within the interactions with the villagers, the woodcutter, and Patriarch Subodhi. Confucianism is a set of ethical beliefs, sometimes called religion, that were developed from the teachings of Confucius. It is characterized by highly optimistic views of human nature – primarily the

University: University of Leiden 14 June 2012 Department: Language and Culture of China Course: Visual Political Communication (BA3) Semester: Summer Semester 2011/2012 Lecturer: Florian Schneider Journey to the West A Textual-Visual Discourse Analysis Name: Stefan Ruijsch (Student No. 0620203) Major: Chinese Studies, BA 3 E-mail: s.ruijsch@umail.leidenuniv.nl Phone: 06-48369645 Address: Vrijheidslaan 256, 2321 DP Leiden Word Count: 9,387 Table of Contents

Monkey: Journey to the West is a classic Chinese novel that ties together the new concepts introduced by the influence of Buddhism, the old Chinese mythologies, and a historical retelling of a factual event in history. The ease to which the story ties together these three aspects is commendable and worthy of the high praise that the novel receives to this day. Journey to the West is one of the great classic Chinese novels and has taken on many different forms; in cinema, television, comic books,

idea of a ‘journey’ apply to Tripitaka’s pilgrimage? If so, how? The idea of embarking on journeys has stood the test of time - early man explored uncharted territories, while modern citizens jump at the chance to have an overseas experience. Are we truly concerned with materialistic experiences, or are we seeking to expand our horizons ? The term pilgrimage itself suggests a journey to a geographical location of spiritual importance. However, journey in this case

there are a ton more, but those are the most significant. Some of the customs of the Chinese people date back a to when they believed dragons controlled the weather. They also have many tales of adventure such as, Journey to the West, which is about the Monkey King’s journey to the west and another great tale is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms which is about the unification of China. The Han make up almost 95%

Chapter one of Wu Cheng’en’s classical story, The Journey to the West, introduces the main character, Monkey, by providing background information about his origin and early life. Monkey lived equally along with gibbons and baboons who he considered his kin until he was appointed to king of the Blessed Land of Flower Fruit Mountain. This transition from an unstructured, free will society to an orderly kingdom portrays the social changes humans experienced when dynasties arose in civilization. After